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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-12-08

Disease Angina Pectoris, Chronic Bronchitis, Liv-
Complaint, Kidney and Bladder trouble, Dyspep-
STA, etc. etc.
ENosBURGH FALLS, VT, Dec. 1, 1886.
Have had two ApOplectic Shocks, lost the use of
one side of body. ADti-ApOplectine" cured me L
am able to attend my farm work.
n. C. AUSTIN.
SHELDON VT, Dec. 6, 1885,
Anita pOplectine restored to my wife the of
her left arm and hand which she had lost from an
Apoplectic Shock. She is in her eightieth year !;
knits, sews and does light duties suitable to her
age.
Nv. BEATTY.
Col. j. z. Fox, Burlington, Vt, says: For
Dyspepsia and Sick Headache Anti-Apoplectine
has no equal.
From JUDGE-ADvocATE GENERAL MARSH, Sena-
tor from Franklin County, VT, Fall of 's6: Mrs;
aihrop Marsh. four years ago, suffered from all
the symptoms of an impending shock with numb,
ness of one side of body. Anti-Apoplectine cured
her; she is hale and hearty lady now in her eigh-
tieth year. 1t is the best family medicine ever
used.
GEN. C. L. MARSH.
For Sale by all druggists Price s1.OO bottle,
six bottles for $500. Send to
DIR. 4. S. JOHNSON 81 CO.,
get Apr. 80 EEOsBURGH FALLS, VT, u ). A,
for circulars, testimonials and Treatise
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-08-05
ST. GEORGES FAIR.

st. Georges fair opened in Simmons
Hall on Monday, and, although the
weather has been hot, the attendance
has been good. twill remain open un.
til next Monday night, and promises to
be grand success. The National Cor.
net Band is in attendance every evening.
Among the large number of valuable
articles to be disposed of are very fine
parlor set, a beautiful silver tea set, a
nice chamber set, a marble-top center
table, an extension table, % yards oil
carpet, child's cot furnished, SIS suit
OF clothes at Peter Grosch's, beautiful
plush scarf made by Miss Lena Weiskopf,
a rocking chair. a magnificent clock
stand made by sister of Mr.. John Belt
ing of Detroit, a very beautiful cross
made by the Sisters of st. Georges
school, lounge, two decorated china
tea sets, silver watch, child's cutter,
and many fancy articles. There is
also a market for the sale of children's
clothing and fancy articles. A beauti-
tul hand-painted French china tea set is
being balloted for. The contest is be-
tween Father Wenker, of st. Georges
church, and Father Cleary, of st. James
church. Up to the present time Father
Wenker is a few votes ahead. Father
Clearly hopes his friends will look after
his interests while he is away. A wheel.
of.fortune is running every afternoon
and evening. On Tuesday evening
Mayor Stemm announced that Hon. q.
9. Simmons had donated check for
500 for the benefit of the fair, and
moved a vote of thanks, which was re-
sponded to with will. A good supper
is furnished every day from 5 to s O'Clock
for the small sum of 90 cents. Ice cream,
fruit and other refreshments are also on
sale. AS the proceeds will be devoted
towards building a residence for the
Sisters of st. Georges school, thus add
ing to the prosperity of the city, all our
citizens should lend helping hand.
Admission to the hall, 10 cents.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-08-05
INSOMNIA.

EDITORS WESTERN RURAL There are
many persons who are troubled with in.
ability to sleep, even when exhausted
by fatigue and the system calls loudly
for natures grand restorer--balmy
Sleep" The causes that produce this
unpleasant state are various. Anxiety
of mind, the use of strong narcotics, as
tea and coffee, especially when used
late IN the day, are among the causes
Persons of nervous temperaments are
more liable to be affected by the last
named than those of Emphatic, OF
bilious temperaments. The writer well
remembers long ago when two cups oil
strong tea-taken at supper time-kept
him awake the entire night, and robbed
him of sleep the greater part of the Sec
ond night. We have known individuals
with whom the use of opium had this
effect.
The remedies for this distressing and
If il continues-disastrous condition
are, in the first place, avoid the use Of
those articles that produce it.
There is one simple remedy, which
requires no medicine, and having tested
it and proved it to be ordinarily efec
tual, we give it to your readers. Com.
pose the mind as much as possible, and
confne the thoughts to one subject, or
number or individual, close the eye
lids and roll the eyeballs continuously ir
one direction. In short time con
seriousness will be lost, and we shall bt
in the blissful land of dreams. This il
easily tested, and we would recommend
it to all who are troubled with sleepless
ness. DIR. J. B. HOoG.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-08-05
INDEPENDENT ORDER OF
FORESTERS.

A meeting was held last Friday even
ing to organize Court in this city of the
Independent Order of Foresters. The
meeting was addressed by Chief Ranger,
Heydecker. of Waukegan; Chief Ran
gers Scott and Bingham, of Racine; and
Messrs. Kearney, Hoben, Cunningham
and others, of Court Little Fort, Wau-
kegan. They explained the object OF
the order to be to furnish life insurance
at the lowest possible rate and the pay
ment of weekly benefits to sick mem
bers.
A Court was organized and the fol-
lowing elected officers
Chief Ranger, ]. A. Killeen Vice
Chief Ranger, M. Flanagan Recording
Secretary, J. c. Slater Financial Secre
tary, Henry Bienneman Treasurer
Daniel Toner Medical examiner, DIR
w. M. Farr. The election of the other
officers was deferred until future
meeting.
The Court, which will be known al
Court Kenosha, starts off with goot
membership.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-08-05
TEACHERS INSTITUTE AND
EXAMINATION.

Prof. L. w. Briggs will conduct the
Institute for Kenosha county, at Somers,
beginning Aug. Is, and continuing two
weeks. 1t will pay all earnest teachers to
attend. Teachers will please bring the
following text books: Geography, Ply
siology, Grammar, U. S. History and
Constitution. q
Examinations as follows
At Pleasant Prairie, Aug. 80 80. ss
At Salem Center, Aug. 31-Sept. 1.
At Bristol, Nov. As.
Work will begin in each place at 9 A.
M.
1t is expected that all persons in need
of a certificate in this county viii attend
one of these public examinations.
To obtain a third grade certificate,
good for one year, applicants will be re-
quired to pass an average of So per cent,
and not fall below 45 per cent in any
branch to obtain second grade, good
for two years, Is per cent, and not fall
below so per cent /; TO obtain first
grade, good for four years, so per cent,
and not fall below 60 per cent.
WIN. MIDDLECAMP,
Go. Supt,
Somers, Wis.,, July 20. 1887.
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NATHAN B. HYDE,

will do well to call.

Notary Public, Commissioner and Master in
Chancery of the u s. Circuit Court for the eastern
district of Wisconsin, second door north of Heads
Bank, Kenosha, Wisconsin. Graduated l.. L. B.,
Albany University Union University, class of
1856, and was admitted to practice in Supreme
Court of Wisconsin in 1858.
Has practiced law in the higher courts of Wiscon-
sin and Illinois nearly thirty years. Speaks German
and corresponds IN French and German.
Complaints, for the manufacture or sale of beer,
liquor, tobacco, cigars and adulterated or imitation
butter achou stamps and license for passing counter
felt money and for the violation of all o. s. banking,
currency, coinage land navigation postal and
laws must be made to him, for which complaints
blanks will be furnished without CHARGE when ap.
piled for by letter or in person.
Deeds, mortgages, assignments and all business
papers made out and acknowledged for tifty cents.
Information relative to wills, administrations in.
ness matters given without charge. All debtors
pho pay interest," can hear of something to their ad
vantage by calling at his office, or writing to him.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-08-05
WHITEWATER NORMAL SCHOOL,

We are in receipt of the catalogue oil
the Whitewater Normal School for
1857, from which it appears that the
school maintains its former standard of
prosperity. The faculty now numbers
16 regular instructors. The enrolment
of students for the past year i'll the Nor
NAL and Preparatory departments was
326 in all departments, 434.
The fall term opens on Wednesday,
August 81 !; the entrance examination
falling on Tuesday, Aug. 80.
President Salisbury will be glad to
correspond with any who contemplate
attending school away from home,
whether now or in the future.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-08-05
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS,

Recorded for the aOeek ending august 3.
Josiah Bond and wife to Margaret G.
Crane.-Part of n W / S 6, t l, %. Con-
sideration, $3.50. Warranty deed.
Alexander Spence and wife to Norman
z. Thompson and wife.-1 acre off
W ! So, t 2, r %. Consideration, 5000
Warranty deed.
Alfred A. Foster to Hannah A. Foster.
Part of n / 6, t IL %. Considera-
ton, 81 900. Warranty deed.
Mercy johnson to Alfred A. Foster
Part of n / s 6, 1, + %. Considers
ton, 81. Warranty deed.
City of Kenosha.-Block l, Durkee's
eastern addition, W ! 5, 1, r %
Consideration, -. Quit claim deed.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-08-05
ROLL OF HONOR

The following pupils have neither
been tardy nor absent during the month
ending July 22d in District No. 8, Ran
dali Lena Rasch, August Rasch. Elzo
Warrington, Nellie Griffith, Nellie
Thompson, Bonnie Warrington.
The following pupils have been in at
tendance during the whole term of four
months Lena Rasch, Augusta Rasch,
Arthur Pacey, Elzo Warrington, Lizzie
Koppish. IDA LUNT, Teacher.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-08-05
OLD SETTLERS CLUB.

I desire to call attention to the ap.
preaching annual festival of the Old
Settlers Club of Kenosha county, to be
held at some time in the early part
of September next, and to ask the mem
bers of the club to form determination
to make the reunion of 1887 a success.
If each member would give the mat
ter his or her individual personal atten.
ton, talking to their friends of the APP
preaching festival, large attendance
will be assured.
The time of meeting will be announced
next week.
d. B. BENEDICT,
Sec'y Old Settlers Club.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-08-05
ADVERTISED MAIL MATTER.

The following is the list of letters re-
manning uncalled for at the Kenoshs
Post Office, Kenosha Co., Wis.,, for the
week ending Aug. 4th, 1887, and which
will be sent to the Dead Letter Office al
the expiration of thirty days unless call
ed for !:
Boise. William Lindley, Joseph
DeHaven, Mrs. E. Mclaughlin, M.
Ernst, Otto D. w. Marsh, Ellen F.
Eppers, George Nelson, Christ.
Hammeber, 0. F. Treat, E. w.
Wasueiwski, Jack
To obtain any of the above mail mat
ter the applicant must give the date o.
this list. D. A. MAHoNEY, P. M.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-08-05
CIRCUIT COURT.

The August term of the Circuit Court
convened on Monday, Hon. John B.
Winslow presiding. The following cases
were disposed of:
VIM: P. Smith, Jr., us. Josiah Bond Ell
al. Two cases. Judgment for FORE
closure.
Price Us. Elkins. Suit to set aside tax
title. Continued to Aug. %.
In the matter of the estate Of Peter
Mungen. Appeal from Circuit Court.
Continued to Aug. %.
Blake Us. Blake. Decree Of divorce
granted.
Court adjourned on Tuesday to Aug.
%, at 8 A. M.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-08-05
PRESERVING WOOD.

Some farmers may get hint as tc
preserving posts, etc., from the follow.
ing method employed in Norway on
telegraph poles, as given in the Scientific
American. In each pole hole is bored
with small augur, beginning at point
two feet above the ground and boring
obliquely downwards at as small an
angle as possible until the point of the
augur reaches the center of the pole
The hole thus made is filled with sui.
phate of copper, which is renewed from
time to time. The hole is kept plugged
1t is found that the crystals of copper
sulphate disappear slowly, while the
wood gradually assumes greenish tint
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-08-05
FLOCKS AND FLEECES.

A wool buyer at Fox Lake has shipped
$4,000 lbs. of wool to Boston. and has
distributed $1,000 among the wool
growers.
Wool thieves are bothering the farm
ers of Green Lake and Columbia coun-
ties: =. Loveioy, of Lake Emily, was
robbed of 200 lbs.
D. G. Stewart. of Salem, sold on the
SOth ult. 250 ,000 pounds of Kansas wool
by sample to S. Rosenberg, wool dealer
of Milwaukee, Wis.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-08-05
WANTS THE FACTS KNOWN.

Mr.. Editor / and my neighbors
have been led so many times into buy
ing diferent things for the liver, kid
neys and blood, that have done us more
harm than good, / feel it due your
readers to advise them when an honest
and good medicine like DIR. Harter's
Iron Tonic can be had.
Yours truly,
An OLD SUBSCRIBER.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-08-05
HAY FEVER.

| have suffered greatly from period
cal returns of hay fever. At the sugges,
ton of Covert & Cheever, Druggists, ]
obtained Ely's Cream Balm, and used q
portion of it during a severe attack.
can cheerfully testify as to the immedi.
ate and continued relief obtained by its
use. l heartily recommend it to those
suffering from this Or kindred com.
plaints.-(Rev.) HI. A. Smith, Clinton
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-08-05
STATE OF wIsCONSIN-COUNTY COURT FOR
KENOSHA COUNTY-IE PROBATE

Notice is hereby given that at tn regular term OF
the County Court to be held in and for said county
at the County Court room In the city of Kenoshs in
said county, the frst Tuesday in September, A. D.
1887, being the sixth day of September, A. D. 1887
the following matters will be heard and considered:
The application OF Oscar e. Houghton and Everett
j. !ohG,on, to admit TO probate the last will and
testament of Mercy johnson, late Of the city Of Re-
nosha, said county, deceased, and for the appoint
ment of an administrator with the will annexed OF
said will.
The application of G.. Fl. Booth and A. ]. Booth
for examination and allowance of their final account
administrators Of the estate of Lemue Booth late
of the town of Salem In said county, deceased, and
for assignment and distribution of the residue Of
said estate.
The application of Archibald G. Whitbeck, for
examination and allowance of his final account as
administrator of the estate of Margaret Klinkham-
er late Of the city of Kenosha, in said county, de-
ceased and for assignment and distribution of tbs
resiGue of said estate.
Dated Kenosha Wis, July 20, 1887:
By order of the Court.
ANTHONY VAN WICK,
County Judge.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-08-05
KENosHA COUNTY coURr-1s PROBATE.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

In the matter of the last will and testament o.
Lucinda B. Fisk, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the claims and de
msnds of all persons against Lucinda B. Fisk, de-
ceased late of thescity Of Kencsha, in said county
of Xenoshs, will be received, examined and adjusted
by the County Court Of KenoshA county at the regu
lar terms of said Court to be holden at the County
Court Room in the city of Kenosha in and for said
county, the first Tuesday Of September, A. D. 1887
and on the first Tuesday Of January, A. L 1888, a
10 o'clock A. NJ of those days also that six mon tbs
from and after the l1th day of July, A. ID. lseI
is the time allowed and limited for creditors OF raid
Lucinda B. Fisk, deceased, to present their ciaiIs
for examination and allowance.
Dated at Kenosha, the eleventh day Of July. A. D.
1887.
BY the Court
ANTHONY VAN WICK,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-08-05
MAILS OPEN

$40 M from the North and South; 1915 P. NJ.
from the West; 200 P. M, from the South: 2:3O
P. NJ, from Milwaukee 5.45P. NJ, from the North;
7I5 from the South.
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]. A. RILLEEN PROPRIETOR.
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION
HOWARD VAN WICK.

ATT0RNEY-AT-LAW AND NOTARY PUBLIC.
ofice-Market square. one door west of J. Mon
aghan's grocery store
CHICAGO 4 NORTHWESTERN RAILWAY.
fine Of departure of passenger trains from Keno
sha. Wis, in effect May 10. 1887.
Going North --9.55 A. NJ. LIS r. H., 4'4O r. n :
649 P. NJ, 1850 P. M. :,
tioing South-428 A. NJ, 100 A. NJ, 1886 A. NJ.
l2ua P. NJ, 2O7 P. M, 5.13 P. NJ.
sunday-South -12.04 I, M and 6.l3 p. M.
NoTth-1O24 A. NJ, and 4.40 P. NJ.
Kenosha and Rockford Division-Train arrives
~ 1900 NJ. and leaves at ais P. n.
THOMAS GIBBONS. Agent
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-08-05
KENOSHA COUNTY CoURT-TN PR OBATE.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

In the matter of the last will and testament OF
Magdaena Lorentz deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the claims and de-
mands of all persons against Magdaleua LoreHtz
of Cook and sta te of Illinois, will be received
amined and adjusted by the County Court Of Keno
sha county the regular terms of said Court to be
holden at the County Court room, in the city OF Ke
noshs, in and for said county, on the first Tuesday
of October, A. D. 1887, and on the first Tuesday Of
January. A. D. 1885, at 10 o'clock A. III. of thost
days. also that six months from and after the ninth
day of July A. D. 1887 is the time allowed and limit
ed for creditors Of said Magdalena Lorentz deceased
to present their claims for examination and allow
ance.
Dated at Kenosha, the ninth day Of July, a. d
1857.
By the Court.
ANTHONY VAN WICK,
County Judge.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-08-05
nMA ST. PAUL RAILWAY.

Time Of trains on @! 81. q st. r. Ry, at Ranney
nunerly Kenosha Orossing:
ioing North--l2.14 A. NJ. ga a. Il, LES p. NJ.
40 P. Nj. $50 p. NJ.
Sunday--North-4.40 P. "a.
Going South--5O7 A. n. s.35 A. NJ, IL Oh A, NJ,
2.Ol r. NJ, sos p. nj.
Sunday-SOuth-1l.0l A. M.
r.. l.. CARPENTER. Agent
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-08-05
VERY REASONABLE

Charges made to Ladies' renting a
Safety Vault Box of Dan Head & Co.
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MAILS CLOSE.


8.l5 A. M, South $3.50 A. M, Milwaukee; 100 2
u. North and South; $50 p. NJ, West 4:67
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-08-05

Don't forget the picnic in B. G
Dowse's grove, Thursday, Aug. 18th
Come one and all and have good time
All interested in the material advance.
ment of Kenosha are invited to attend q
meeting of the citizens at the rooms oil
the Business Mems Club on Saturday
evening, Aug 6, to confer with parties
from Chicago who desire to locate a
manufacturing concern here.
With bright eyes and elastic step, yet
gray, lasterless hair. 1t is unnatural,
needless. Parker's Hair Balsam viii
restore the black or brown prematurely
lost, cleanse from all dandruff, and stop
its falling, Don't surrender your hair
without an effort to save it.
The semi-annual conference of the
Southwestern District of the German
Lutheran church was held in this city
Tuesday and Wednesday. Another
conference will be held here from the
23d to the 25th inst. 1t is expected
there viii be from eighty to one hundred
ministers present.
Come and see the old-fashioned MIMI
ct danced at Simmons Hall, August
18th. Aprons made by the Young
Ladies Guild of St. Matthew's church
and ice cream will be on sale during the
evening. Doors open at z P. NJ. Ad-
mission, Is cents.
Rev. Father Cleary is in Philadelphia
this week, attending the annual conven-
ton of the Catholic Total Abstinence
Union of America. He expects to re-
main in the east two or three weeks, at
tending to business connected with the
movement. His place here
Will be filled during his absence by Rev.
Father Coleven.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-08-05
SAILED.

Propeller r. A. Seymour schooner
Josie, Pride, Arendal, Gilbert Knapp.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-08-05
MARINE
RPTUATS

Propellers r. A. Seymour, lumber
Monitor, light; schooners Josie, lumber
Arendal, lumber Gilbert Knapp, lum-
Der.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-08-05

ANTHONY VAN WICK,
County Judge.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-09-16
A Michigan MillIonaire's Career.

A little bit of a man, not five feet
high, stood on tiptoe in front Of Cashier
Kelcey's window at the West End Hotel,
Long Branch, and timidly asked him
for pair of scissors When they were
handed to him he pulled a roll of national
bank bills from his coat pocket They
we're in sheet form. just as postage stamps
come, and he clipped off a 500 bill.
He wrote his name across its face. in the
space reserved for the Presidents auto
graph, and then coolly asked Cashier
Kelley to change it for him Mr.. Kelcey
accommodated this maker of currency
after carefully inspecting it and seeing
that it was bona tide note Of national
bank in Michigan. The little man, with
this enviable power as money maker, was
Mr.. Jacob Seligman, who is known all
through Michigan as Little Jake He
was the leading clothing merchant Of the
State until he became a banker and rail
road financier, as well as one of the big
gest lumber merchants in that region. He
is now millionaire, director in nine
banks and four railroads, and the owner
of considerable real estate in the Sault
sic. Marie region. Some people say he
will be the richest man in the State if he
lives to realize on his investments. Yet
he went out to Michigan twenty-five
wears ago with only 500 in his pockets
He made his fortune in strange way.
In order to start in the clothing business
he obtained credit for 5000 WORT. of
goods. He spent the 500 cash he had
in hiring wagon, brass band. and four
horses, and investing in circulars and ad-
vertising. He made it knox n that Little
Jake would reach town at a certain houI
and distribute socks and oyeralls free from
his wagon in the public<.tuare. He told
me to-day that he einptied his wagon
load to thress/of people, scattering
over their, 1eaCi sc the same time a per
feet c,c-dd of dodgers stating that he was
goine 10 sell them all sorts Of clothing for
the next month For fifteen years Little
Jake. vlowed this quaint scheme for
makf=g himself known, travelling from
town TO town until he had store estab-
lished in every important city in the
State. He was 1Ot only the biggest
clothing dealer, but the biggest news
paper advertiser as well. Since then he
has made rapid strides toTard becoming
the biggest banker, but he is still the
smallest man in the State IN size
PIilddeIphid Press.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-09-16

"Fall M the command was, sharply.
You should have seen those green boys
trying to get in ranks There were now
about 100 beasts and they looked like
a herd of Texas steers, though more sub
dued. After a while the beasts, - in
Guiding my trembling self, were strung
out into a long, wavering line, and ca
Diet corporal commenced to call the roll
of candidates. Each one was instructed
to answer, "Herel' Some who answered,
present, were nipped in the bud, and
taught lesson in cadet discipline. One
poor fellow who was rather tardy in re-
plying to his name, was commanded to
4 step out " and answer to his name. u
Step out is the West Point slang for
make haste and when the beast
actually did step out of rank. he was
surprised at the celebrity with which he
was made to step back. The formation
was for dinner, and we were retained
until the battalion of cadets had started.
They marched off, headed by the drum
corps, with all the accuracy and beauty
of a vast machine. Finally our time
came. The plebes at the head of the
column interpreted the meaning of the
command: Forward, march, ami the
procession started for the large granite
structure known as the mess hall.
1t was like running the gauntlet. One
cadet in the rear of the line hollered at
me in a voice of special envy: Drag in
your chin about yard, misterl want
to see less slouching among you beasts;
stand up; sirr' tried to obey. Each
plebe had his coat buttoned full up, the
palms of his hands TO the front, and all
the while his toes digging up the gravel
of the area. PHILADELPHIA Times.